Dad proved he was stuck on church

9:58 PM,
Jan. 7, 2013

Written by

Michael
PULLEY

Take the time my poor father sat in church one Sunday morning minding his own business and probably worrying about how to keep my mother calm the next time someone brought up infant baptisms. She believed in full dunking adults and nothing else would do.

Perhaps he was calculating how best to send me to college and whether I was worth two cents in the first place. Dad might have been wondering if he'd be able to take his usual Sunday nap without some farmer pounding on our door to discuss a possible auction and the value of a rusted piece of farm equipment that hadn't been ...